David Owen

David Anthony Llewellyn Owen (born: 2 July 1938) is the second longest running and current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 1991 and previously a physician and Labour MP. He is the current leader of the Social Democratic Party.

Biography
He was born to Welsh parents on 2 July 1938 in Plympton, near Plymouth, in Devon, England. After gaining a degree as a doctor in 1962, he worked as a doctor at the St. Thomas Hospital and also joined the Labour Party just two years prior. He eventually was elected in his hometown as the Labour MP for Plymouth South in the 1966 general election and MP for Plymouth Devonport in 1974.

In 1981, David Owen came into national prominance following the Limehouse Declaration when he, alongside future Deputy Prime Minister, Shirley Williams, Roy Jenkins and Bill Rodgers, also known as the 'Gang of Four' formed the Social Democratic Party. the SDP hopes to unseat the Labour government of James Callagham. This was unsuccessful as in the next election, James Callagham held on to power and the SDP had to merge with the Liberal Party to form the Liberal Democratic Party in 1988.

David Owen opposed this merger and reformed the SDP the same year joined my various other SDP members who opposed the merger. It acheived very little at first until the 1991 general election. The SDP wanted to abandon the ramnent of NATO and seek closer ties with Ireland. Few believed he would win but after two decades of mismangments and scandals from the other parties managed to gain SDP the necessary amount of seats to form a government, starting David Owen's 19 years prime ministership that have not yet ended.

He was the principle architect of the British Isles Protection Union with Ireland and Ulster while isolating from the international stage. Though often called a strong leader, he was often forced into uncomfortable compromises with the Labour Party, Conservative Party and even the British National Party. Throughout his prime ministership, he remain popular with the British public as he brought stability to the country and he shows no signs of wanting to step down.

In Game

 * David Owen will die in August 2010, shortly after the game begins. He is assassinated by an alleged Marxist